Author: Krobea

Four persons have died in an accident that occurred at Nyanteh near the Eastern University of Environment and Sustainable Development in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. An Opel Astra taxi cab with registration number AS 2061-12 and a Green Hyundai H-100 with registration number 5954-15 had a head-on collision The taxi driver was driving from Accra towards Somanya with eight passengers including children on board. That of the Hyundai had 13 passengers on board. The taxi veered off its lane and collided with the Hyundai, reports say. All vehicles were mangled beyond recognition. The four casualties are…

Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) will go ahead with their intended strike on Monday, September 21, its National President has said. According to Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the Association has not received any injunction from any court. After the Association and its allies announced their intention to embark on an industrial action by withdrawing their services, the National Labour Commission (NLC) proceeded to an Accra High Court to secure an interlocutory injunction on Friday. But speaking on TV3’s Midday Live on Saturday, September 19, Madam Ofori-Ampofo stressed: “We have not been served.” She said, as a result,…

Introduction  Almost three decades after Ghana signed onto the UN Charter on the Rights of the Child (1992), the ideals of gender inclusiveness remain hard to realize in technology based Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) learning and career in Ghana. In the wake of the free secondary level education policy in Ghana, girls’ enrolment into TVET institutions has significantly increased. However, information from the Ghana Education Service (GES) clearly shows that enrolments of girls into male dominated programmes like Electrical Installation Work, Electronics, Auto-Mechanics, among others, remain woefully low. The logical questions then are “Where are the girls and…

The final of this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful is scheduled to be held on Sunday, September 20 at TV3’s Studio B, for the first time in years. Six contestants have braced the odds to get to this stage. Greater Accra Region’s Naa, Volta Region’s Kafui, Central Region’s Afriyie, Ahafo Region’s Abena, Northern Region’s Zuzu and Upper East Region’s Talata are the contestants going to vie for the car, crown and cash. Organisers have promised an exciting show with Covid-19 safety protocols expected to be strictly enforced. Since the show was launched on Sunday, June 28, it has been held under…

Fourteen new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). This was announced by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on its website on Friday, September 18. The number comes up to 15 those who have so far tested positive at the country’s major entry point since Tuesday, September 1, when it was reopened after its shutdown in March. All of them are in isolation. This has also increased the country’s total number of cases since the outbreak of the disease in March. The new cases at the Kotoka International Airport adds up to the 83 new…

The National Chief Imam, Shiekh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has suspended, indefinitely, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman, his Personal Assistant. “The National Chief Imam, in consultation with his Advisory Board, has indefinitely suspended Alhaji khuzaimah Osman from acting as an Officer at the National Chief Imam’s Office with immediate effect,” a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said on Friday. The statement, signed by Alhaji A.D. Kadiri-English, Secretary to the Chief Imam Advisory Board, said henceforth Alhaji Khuzaima seizes to be the Personal Assistant to the National Chief Imam. He also seizes to be the Executive Director of the Chief Imam…

Hillary Clinton once said that every election “starts with where we are in the country at this time… and it proceeds from there. And it is always about the future.” As Ghanaian voters head to the polls in December, we need to consider the prevailing issues of our time and how we can use our votes to set an agenda for the future. It is expected that education, economy and infrastructure are matters that will anchor the elections. Education Education will be a major issue for two main reasons – Akufo-Addo’s implementation of his flagship free SHS program and Mahama’s…

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction against the intended strike action of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). Executive Secretary of the Commission Ofosu Asamoah secured the injunction after filing an ex parte motion at the High Court on Friday, September 18. By the order given by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, members, executives, agents, servants and employees of GRNMA are restrained from embarking on the intended strike action on Monday, September 21. The order will last 10 days. On Thursday, September 17, National President of GRNMA Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo announced the intention by members to…

There is rising tension in the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region as the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) seeks to unseat the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December 7 parliamentary polls. The NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, is confident of claiming the seat from the incumbent, Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka. He believes the only NDC seat in Kumasi is likely to be swung, citing apathy among the electorates. “We will make history on December 7 because the NPP for the first time will win the Asawase Constituency seat,” he told Aduanaba Kofi Asante on Akoma FM’s flagship…

Five out of seven accused persons standing trial at the Bole Magistrate Court over the gruesome murder of 90-year-old Akua Denteh have been discharged by the Bole Magistrate Court. They are Haruna Aness, 34, Issifa Tanko, 35, Shaibu Muntala, 29, Sulemana Ali, 35, and Issifa Zakyibo, 32. Forty-year-old priestess Hajia Serena Mohammed and one Latifa Bumaye have since been committed to trial at the Tamale High Court. Addressing the media after court proceedings on Friday, September 18, the Chief State Attorney at the Attorney General’s Department in charge of the Northern, Savannah and North East regions, Salia Abdul-Qusus, said the…